Have you heard of Marmato, the mining town in Colombia with over $20 billion dollars in gold and 8,000 inhabitants who are at risk of being displaced? Filmed over the course of six years, Mark Grieco, director of the Candescent Award winning film Marmato, chronicles how the townspeople confront a Canadian mining company that wants the gold beneath the homes. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January and for the first time ever, the town of Marmato will be seeing it this Friday, August 1st. “It's going to be incredible and really something I've been dreaming about for years,” says Grieco. "We have teamed up with Ambulante Colombia- the branch off of AmbulanteMexico - for its premiere festival in the country and Marmato has become something of the headline film.” Ambulante is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by actors and

Have you heard of Marmato, the mining town in Colombia with over $20 billion dollars in gold and 8,000 inhabitants who are at risk of being displaced? Filmed over the course of six years, Mark Grieco, director of the Candescent Award winning film Marmato, chronicles how the townspeople confront a Canadian mining company that wants the gold beneath the homes. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January and for the first time ever, the town of Marmato will be seeing it this Friday, August 1st. “It's going to be incredible and really something I've been dreaming about for years,” says Grieco. "We have teamed up with Ambulante Colombia- the branch off of AmbulanteMexico - for its premiere festival in the country and Marmato has become something of the headline film.” Ambulante is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by actors and filmmakers Gael García Bernal (Who is Dayani Cristal), Diego Luna, Pablo Cruz, and Elena Fortes. Its mission is to support and promote documentary film as a tool for social and cultural transformation. Essentially, it’s a traveling documentary film festival that offers its programming for free and screens in makeshift spaces.

Marmatowill then be screened in five other major cities in Colombia, including Bogotá and Medellín, which are the countries two biggest cities. To spark discussion, they will be flying in the miners from Marmato to speak with audiences and participate in conferences with representatives on all sides of the issue of large-scale mining in Colombia. They will be inviting journalists, photographers, and writers to the screenings, so be sure to “like” their Facebook page for updates.

filmmakers Gael García Bernal (Who is Dayani Cristal), Diego Luna, Pablo Cruz, and Elena Fortes. Its mission is to support and promote documentary film as a tool for social and cultural transformation. Essentially, it’s a traveling documentary film festival that offers its programming for free and screens in makeshift spaces.

Marmatowill then be screened in five other major cities in Colombia, including Bogotá and Medellín, which are the countries two biggest cities. To spark discussion, they will be flying in the miners from Marmato to speak with audiences and participate in conferences with representatives on all sides of the issue of large-scale mining in Colombia. They will be inviting journalists, photographers, and writers to the screenings, so be sure to “like” their Facebook page for updates.